William Wendt Quotes
The warm green of the grass, sprinkled with flowers of many hues, is a carpet whereon we walk with noiseless tread.
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I came to live in Shepperton in 1960. I thought: the future isn't in the metropolitan areas of London. I want to go out to the new suburbs, near the film studios. This was the England I wanted to write about, because this was the new world that was emerging.
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As an author, I really hate a reader like me. There's no loyalty.
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To be allowed for the first time in your later career to play leading parts in extremely popular movies is not a situation to worry about.
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The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.
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I enjoy building something good and having a successful product and making money.
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My parents were just really weird and protective about the music I listened to. Whenever I wanted to buy an album, they would have to buy it first and listen to it and let me know if I could have it.
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If you do a Western that's funny, there's no way people don't call it a spoof or a parody, even though it may not be.
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I know what I can do so it doesn't bother me what other people think or their opinion on the situation.
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Albanians, we tan well! I don't burn; I bake.
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We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.
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Watching yourself on screen is always a little weird, but I didn't cringe when I saw myself on 'The Hour.' It actually exceeded my expectations; every shot looks like a vintage postcard and even my most brutally honest friends have said they think it's good.
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Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.
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One of the great joys in life is reading, yet it's the main thing people say they don't have time to do.
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Vertical intergration is an organizational response to the contracting difficulties that attend intermediate product markets where trades that are supported by transaction-specific assets are exposed to hazard.
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As many of you know, I come from San Francisco. We don't have a lot of farms there. Well, we do have one-it's a mushroom farm, so you know what that means.
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Anna accumulated things as a way of insulating herself against her own thoughts.
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Her berth was of the wombe of morning dew, And her conception of the joyous Prime.
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‘Alf Todd,’ said Ukridge, soaring to an impressive burst of imagery, ‘has about as much chance as a one-armed blind man in a dark room trying to shove a pound of melted butter into a wild-cat’s ear with a red-hot needle.’
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I'm very simplistic. I like jewelry that is small, that is a statement piece but with a delicate statement.
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The war with Japan had been enacted in the game rooms at the War College by so many people and in so many different ways that nothing that happened during the war was a surprise-absolutely nothing except the kamikaze tactics toward the end of the war. We had not visualized these.
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One of my great personal triumphs is, because I stay vigilant about my health, I was never going to give my detractors the satisfaction of not feeling well, or allowing my health to falter while eating rich and indulgent food all over the world.
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If you want your film to be instantly green-lit, your first approach is not to go to a relatively unknown English actor. They're not going to throw millions of dollars at you for that.
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A society is defined as much by how it comes to terms with its past as by its attitude toward the future: its memories are no less revealing than its aims.
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The warm green of the grass, sprinkled with flowers of many hues, is a carpet whereon we walk with noiseless tread.
